52.3% of Tokyo University (Todai) students' parents combined income in 2007 was 9.5 million yen ($106,000 USD) or higher.

That is more than double the average income in Japan.

51.4% of Todai students attended private high school. Another 10.5% attended elite schools affiliated with other universities.

However, tuition at Todai - the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oxford, Sorbonne et al of Japan all rolled into one - is roughly one third those of private universities. This is because it is a public national university. Private universities cost 1.5 million yen or more.

Source: Asahi Shinbun

Average winter bonuses are forecast to be 659,864 yen. That is a 13.1% decline on winter bonuses in 2008.